Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15Auction date: 1 June 2024
Lot number: 332

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Constantine IX Monomachus, 1042-1055. Histamenon (Gold, 27 mm, 4.43 g, 5 h), Constantinopolis. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm Christ, nimbate, seated facing on lyre-backed throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. +CⲰҺSTAҺTI bASILEЧ Rm Bust of Constantine IX facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding cruciform scepter with tendril-ornament in his right hand and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross in his left. DOC 1a. SB 1828. A beautiful and sharply struck example. A few very light marks and with a small die break on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Estimate: 500 CHF